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J. H. MXTGHELL. l GLLAPSIBL'E SELPPING GASK.

No.l 403,561. PJ Patented May 14, 1.889.

TATTLS PATENT lie it known that l, JUHN ll. ilI'itHELL. of

Bloomfield, in iheeonn ty of Dnvisnnd Stilte of iowa, have invented n new finti improved tollnpsihlc Shipiliing-t'nslt. ot which the following' isafnlh i Tr. fici i" cription.

This invention teintes 'lo ons( for .-.iiippiiig ;'oods, and line` eaperini reference ne boxer-1. j

` ing the hands ll mixes. vvhiiflt cnn he readily tniicn :apart nini init toeciiier in impari; inny in thig may 'ne in t, he returned in connu-tei new Shipment oi: gee

The invention consists, in it volinpnihle Shipping-eiwit connirueted and nrrnngfed as hercinniter described und cininied.

YReference is to he had lo the :iitonipnnying d rnwingS, forming :t part ot thin Specification, in which iiniilnr iignr'eS o1' reference indicate corresponding parts in nil the viene.

Figure l is n pian view ot' the invention, shown as partly broken :i\\.':=. Fig. L? is n side view. Fig. Il in n detail ot' one of the hooivtnsienern. one of the heads oi'v the eiwit partly broken away. Fie'. 5 is n vien showing tiri nwnns for emnicctingr the Stoves. Fig'. t is n perripective view of n portion of one oi the hoops with adjustable lengthening and shortening device, and Fig. 7 is n vien' oi' n heini .showing modified forni oi' fastening".

in enrryineout 'this invention l connect tir gcthcr n number ot' Steves, l, oi' suitable Size,

g nini pnclingigooiln'. iiininil msc, :ind cnn folded Simian for n hy nienn` of wires 2, extending through pcr-.

forations in the Slaven, as shown in Fig. 5, and having enlargements i on their ends, which are located in recesses l in the end stoves, so as to he ont ot' the Way in putting the cnsk togethcrnnd to retain the strives on the wires when the cask is knocked down." lhe vertical edges of the Steves arc formed with n bevel, so that when the casi: is pnt together the edges ot the stnvcs will lie close together, as shown in Figs. .i and L. The heads of the, Cask are formed of strips 5, connected together in any suitable manner, and, as shown in Fig. 4, preferably by inenns of a U-shnped Wire, 6, extending through pcrforations in the strips 5 along n groove, as :it 7, in the edge of thev head 8, and having its ends hentnnd lying in grooves in the oppoeitc edge of the head S,

Fie; 4 is :i bottoni view of i i i i i i as ai 5i, or

.freien in Fig. 7, with its ends ,and twisted together, its nt nrc formed with grooves 10, 'iop and bottoni, to receive heads 8. tletallic hoops or red to the Set ot wired stnvcl lyinginn; il. The i; f adjacent 'lo the edge r adjacent inn and bottoni oy inennsot' clamps l` wird; is init together hy foldfr i '+r nhoui the tiende S, the edge ot' the im A :y ing in groeven` formed hy the groeven ill in the stnves.

ln order to :ze o the endsot the imnds ll together, n serrati-d metallic block, lil, is riv cted to one end oi the bands il, hitting :i ver tical slot, li, and n interni slot., i5, opening into the Slot l i. '.io the other end ot' the bands il is riveted ny nietnllio block, '16, to which is pivotcd n ewrrated pleite, i7, having n interni staple, lil. in use the plate 17 hips over the block lli, their serrations engagingY each other, :1nd the staple iti `iiro'jccts through the s101315 into the slot 1i, By this menne the ends of the bands il nrc iirnily engaged and nre cured, by means ot n wire, if', passing through staple lo and slot, 1i nnd having,lr its ends bent over the pinto lT. The fnsteninffn inay he locked hy applying n seul thereto.

lin order to provide for lengthening or shortching the hands ll and pei-init the serrated block 13 to engage the IQerrnted plate 17, the hands ll are toi-mcd between their ende with lugs 20,hnving screw-threaded projections 21, connected hy n tnrn-l nekle, 2;.

ly menus of n casi; constructed in accordance with this invention n stroi1g,duinble, and effective shippingcnse is provided, which nmy he readily pnt together, as herein dencrihed, and cnn he knocked down bytaking oi`t` the wires lil and releasing the fastenings. When transported empty, the heads and wired staven, laid Hat, nifty be coinpnctly luid t0- gether for transportation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-` 1. A collapsible shipping-@ask constructed with stave-'s l, having grooves 10, adjacent to their ends, mid wires 2, extending through the stoves and secured in recesses L in the end stoves, heads S, consisting of strips 5, connected together by n U-shaped wire, (l, cx-

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ends sc cnred in the Vedge of 1the liead, the heads restingin the grooves l() of the st-aves, metallic bands. 11, inclosin'g staves 1 andse cured. theretoV by clamps 1.2, with a'serrated 5 Vmetallic block, 13, having veitical slot 14 and .lateral slot 15, opening thereinio, secured to one-end of bands' 11, anda metallic block, 16, secured to the' other end of the bands l 1, with serrated plate 17,-pivoted thereto, engaging.. 1o block 13, and having lateral staple 18, project,

ing .through slot 15 into slot 14, and wife 19, passing through slothl and staple18,withits" ends bent over plate 17, substantially ns de-l scribed.l

nected together byu-shaped wire (i, extendi ing through strips 5, and having its folded end resting againstone edge of head 8, a. nd. Aits endsbent against the opposite edge'g'sub- 2o stantially as deseribed.- e

= 3. The band 11,having at one end metallic serrated blockl 13, wit-h vertical slot 14 andlateral slot 15,'opcning into the same, and at vthe other end metallic block 1G, with serrated 25 plate 17, having staple 18, and pivoted block 16, substantiall'as described..

staves 1 and secured in recessesft'inthe .end

staves, and metallic' bands'll, secu'ed to staves 41, with serrated metallic block 13 at one end 'havingvertical slot 14 and lateral slot 15,

opening thereinto, and the block 16 at` the other end,with serrated plate 17,'having stw,

ple 1S andpivoted to block 16, substantially as described.

Witnessesz-` WILLlAM S. llli'roHEnL,

ANDREW W. Stimmen. .1

.roi-1N H'. MITCHELL. 

